I agree cannot understand why Pritchard and Davis haven't been signed up.They combine well are strong and powerful centres. Pritchard is not a winger and as previous comments state when he gets his hands on the ball he makes it happen. I believe he played most of his early football and represented state junior sides as a 5/8. Love to see him given a go in that position, think he would be devastating.
I am impressed with Davis, he has NRL written all over him.

Lets face some simple facts. Marshall and Moltzen appeared to be locked in to our halves for a while at least and Lui is being groomed as the replacement for injury. That and considering that Lawrence is a far superior centre and IMO Ayshford is a far superior NRL centre to Pritchard and Davis (a closer call). That at best leaves a wing spot they can fight for.

Add to that that our top squad is already overly geared towards backs and I just do not see it happening.

Would they have been better signings than Brown Daniella and Toupu? Maybe. But they are signed and for mine that all but rules out a NRL squad spot for these two. A call up on a second tier arrangement due to injury or poor form of starters is a real option though

Sorry mate dont agree Pritchard in my opinion is a better center than Aysford at this time quicker and more solid in defence and is been wasted on the wing he is a center 5/8 and for me a center combination of Lawerence and Pritchard would be great. Blake might devlope into a lock i think Sheens put in the centers from that position if i am not mistaken

Sorry smeg ,i dont agree either,Pritchard is one of the top try scorers in the nsw cup,and a lot of those tries come from 20 to 60 m out,individual brillance ,knows his way to the line,,Ayshford is a good footballer ,no doubt about that, but not in the same class as rhys..

I just don't think Pritchard has the ability or size to cover the defensive position of 5/8 in the NRL squad. This is where he will have to defend because we defend our halves one in from the sideline.

Dont doubt his ability to tackle , ive seen games this year where hes topped the tackle count.. oh and hes been in the centres nearly all year ,defending strongly?? so why would standing there defending as a 5/8 be any different..??

If there were a way to remove Ryan from the Top 25 and replace him with Pritchard it may be worth while.

However as it stands with the players under contract for next year and the higher injury turnover of forwards to backs as a rule of thumb it would be folly to promote another back to a backs heavy top 25.

Ryan's contract finishes next year. Than it is an option.

Unless he has a Top 25 offer from another club he should stay. But there is always the option of doing a Taylor and being stuck behind a Millard at the Dogs by shifting clubs.

He has been playing against a few first graders all season.Massive difference between a side with a few first graders in it and a well drilled NRL squad

There's obviously a lot of us on here who rate Pritchard to some degree. He's had an excellent year in the State Cup and hasn't been called up to FG for one reason or another. I don't know what the reason could be and I'm not sure anyone else here knows either. Should Pritchard get a spot over the likes of Daniela and Brown who we have on 2 year deals? Well I'd definitely take him over Daniela, but my opinion counts for nothing. Unless Sheens and co. see something in Rhys that warrants a call-up, the poor bloke could be stuck playing for the Magpies again next season. I'm not saying it's right, but it's the way this club works at times it would seem.

No great judges just the 5 people I know who were at the game. They went early so they could tell me how Gower and Pritchard both went.

I described both players styles, their strengths and weaknesses and asked them to let me know.

The said Gower was the standout player on the field and Pritchard was quiet in comparisson to my description. They also commented that Ryan Tandy played well but his ill discipline at the ruck (and a few others) put the Blues behind the 8 ball from the 3rd minute of the game